In 2009, H1N1 bird flu caused the first global flu pandemic in 40 years, with the first infections detected in California.

Sam Scarpino, PhD, director of AI and life sciences at Northeastern University in Boston, said he considers the increased H5N1 influenza cases "quite concerning." "From ducks and geese in Hawaii and ...

California health officials reported Tuesday that a child in Alameda Co. has been infected with bird flu; source unknown.

As an outbreak of the avian flu continues to wreak havoc on California agriculture, the number of infected animals and ...

Hospitals had been asked to conduct extra surveillance for possible avian flu cases in the spring and summer after highly ...

There is an inherent conflict of interest – and the potential for injury to public health – when a federal department both ...

It’s been nearly eight months since avian flu was first detected in U.S. dairy herds, and cases in both cows and humans continue to pile up.

Alameda County health officials are investigating a potential case of avian influenza, or bird flu, in a child experiencing ...

That news eases worry among health experts that the virus, H5N1, could gain the ability to spread more ... flu has been ...

H5 bird flu, a type of avian influenza, has infected dozens of people in the U.S., and spread to seven states and Canada this year. As more human cases arise, there's deepening worry over whether the ...

Last week, health officials in Canada reported an H5N1 infection in a previously healthy British Columbia teen who is ...